This week, get ready for Santa Monica’s transportation revolution with Climate Action Santa Monica, celebrate International Education Week at Santa Monica College, kick off SMC Public Policy Institute’s Fall Forum on the arts, and have a very merry un-birthday at…
This week, meet the final four candidates for the top position at Santa Monica College, get a free ride at Breeze Bike Share’s public launch, and join BUSted! for an evening of quality storytelling by people who get around L.A.…
This week, BUSted!, a storytelling show about living in L.A. without a car, is back at its monthly Santa Monica venue; you can help women escaping domestic abuse by donating handbags and toiletries all month long; and Santa Monica’s Fall…
It may be a short week, but there’s always plenty to do. This week, you can catch the last Twilight Concert of 2015 at the Santa Monica Pier, hear another installment of the award-winning transit-oriented storytelling show, BUSted!, support the…
With Big Blue Bus’ planning on increasing service by more than 10 percent as part of the agency’s Expo integration service realignment, officials are considering a possible 25 cent fare increase in 2016, the first fare increase for the Big…
Santa Monica’s Big Blue Bus this month will begin the first phase of one of the municipal transit agency’s largest service changes in its 77-year history. The coming changes, which will occur in three phases over the next 12 months,…
Big Blue Bus real-time arrival information has been available on smartphone apps for a couple weeks. Now, the local transit agency’s real-time arrival information is available on NextBus, a web-based real-time transit info aggregator. “We at Big Blue Bus are…
It has been less than two weeks since real-time arrival information for Big Blue Bus became available online and on certain smartphone apps. And the good news keeps coming. At the Big Blue Bus General Transit Feed Specification (GTFS) service site,…
Big Blue Bus commuters, rejoice! The days of standing in the middle of the street and squinting in hopes that you might see a blue spot on the horizon are over. Since June 5, real-time arrival information has been available on…
“Living the Santa Monica Life” is a weekly roundup of all the local fun, food, drinks, and lifestyle goings-on in Santa Monica. When the fun is so close, it’s easy to leave the car at home and walk, bike, or bus…
At today’s City Council meeting, Santa Monica’s Big Blue Bus will present its updated plans to integrate the municipal transit service with the coming Expo Line. With the addition of new lines and more frequent service, BBB officials say they…
Mark your calendars, Santa Monica. The Big Blue Bus wants your feedback on the agency’s newly redesigned bus stop seats, which will be at different locations around the city over the next three weeks; there will also be some important changes to bus…
Santa Monica’s Big Blue Bus officials gathered in a small conference room Tuesday at noon for the transit agency’s first ever Reddit Ask Me Anything (AMA) session and they invited Santa Monica Next to join them. With the Big Blue Bus planning…
Welcome back from the weekend, folks. We hope you had a chance to unwind and enjoy the sunny weather before the rain comes. This week is a full one. Join Big Blue Bus for its inaugural Reddit AMA (Ask Me…
Earlier this year, Big Blue Bus unveiled its plan for comprehensive service changes designed to integrate the municipal system with Expo Phase II, expected to begin running passengers between Downtown Los Angeles and Santa Monica in early 2016 After several community…
